About Yvette
Yvette Strawbridge uses a client-centred approach to help people untangle relationship and family problems. She brings 32 years of practice and a PACFA credential to sessions. Her style is down-to-earth and focused on what helps people feel heard and understood.
Her work often focuses on relationship concerns, intimacy issues and trauma and abuse. She supports people dealing with low self-esteem and the ripple effects of separation, infidelity or complex family dynamics.
How Yvette works
Yvette also offers help around ageing and geriatric issues, caregiving stress and end-of-life conversations. She draws on talk-based methods alongside expressive options like art and sand tray work and psychodrama when appropriate. This gives people different ways to say what is hard to find words for.
Yvette balances present-day coping strategies with attention to family of origin themes and communication patterns. Her background includes family dispute resolution and mediation for separation matters, and work with child-inclusive mediation. Those skills shape how she supports clearer communication and safer conversations about boundaries and roles.
Sessions aim to be practical and paced to the individual. People often leave with clearer steps they can try between sessions. Yvette provides care in English and works with a range of concerns commonly seen in family and relationship contexts.
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What Yvette works with
The areas below are the ones Yvette selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 32 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How client-centred care works online
Yvette uses client-centred therapy online, which means the conversation is shaped by what matters to the person. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is said and helps people set practical goals. This approach is useful for relationship strains, self-esteem work and processing experiences of trauma.She also integrates expressive therapies when helpful, such as art-based activities or sand tray ideas adapted for online use. These options give people ways to communicate emotions when words feel limited, and can be useful for family of origin themes or post-separation issues.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, try different methods and adjust based on what works. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques and formats fit best for their needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversations where visual connection helps. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging are useful for ongoing support between longer sessions and for quick reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, care duties and distance from clinical locations.
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